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RHS Splits Opener at Ellinwood

Madison Beagley scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to lead the Russell High School girls basketball team to a 50-35 season-opening win in Ellinwood on Friday, Nov. 30.

The Lady Broncos built a 23-15 lead at halftime. The Lady Eagles charged back on a 13-4 run to go up 28-27 late in the third quarter. Russell took back control with a 14-0 run to end the third and start the fourth quarters and pulled away for the victory.

In the boys game, Ellinwood used an 18-4 first half run to grab control and won 50-35 over Russell.

The game was tied a 10 midway through the first quarter before the Eagles' big run. Ellinwood led 30-19 at halftime. The Broncos cut the deficit to 10 early in the third quarter, but never could get closer and suffered their 20th-straight loss dating back to last season.

Russell opens play in the Morris-Stephens Classic on Tuesday against Lincoln. The girls game begins at 5:45pm with the boys to follow around 7:30pm at Amos Morris Gym in Russell. Catch both games on Classic Hits 95.9 and www.krsl.com.